?cole de Pont-Aven: Variations sur la ligne

Kervran, Sophie

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Publisher:Silvana Editoriale ISBN:8836647243 Published Date:30th November -0001 Dimensions:181 X 260 X 12 mm Weight:0.4501 kilograms Binding:paperback Condition:LikeNew Notes:1st Silvana PB 2021 This work aims to highlight, from the museum's collection, the part of the intimate, the instinctive as well as the preparatory dimension in the creative process of artists related to the movement known as the "School of Pont -Aven" and synthetism. The selection of works on paper reveals a certain freedom of gesture, specific to each artist. Generally the beginnings of more accomplished oils on canvas, the sketches reveal the primary intention, the unconscious part prior to the plastic translation of lines and shapes. The variety of techniques presented in the exhibition also demonstrates the group's appetite for the work of printmaking combined with often daring choices of papers with various finishes. The famous exhibition at the Caf? Volpini, presented at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, brought together, among other things, two series of zincographies, on yellow paper, produced for the occasion by Gauguin and Bernard